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| 41.. | Manuscript. LOG KEPT ABOARD THE BARK ELIZA ON A WHALING VOYAGE FROM NEW BEDFORD TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC AND RETURN, JULY 1, 1865 TO APRIL 23, 1869. Folio. 289 pp. The Eliza was a 296 ton bark built in Mattapoisett, Mass. in 1856. Her captain was James Witherell and her owner was J. Bourne. Weather and sailing conditions are noted in this log, also significant events, whaling activities from sightings to the tryworks, with provisioning list at end. Also recorded are injuries and fights aboard ship, ports and ships they gammed with. While no whaling stamps are present, each catch is recorded in detail. The keeper of this log was also very sensitive to relations between officers and crew, and well he should have been. In 1866, in port in Hobert, the crew refused to come on deck for duty. The police and the US consul were called to quell this quasi-mutiny, and the men - listed by name in the log - were hauled off to prison. After a few days five of them were returned from prison, and more were recruited, and the ship departed. Sherman records a microfilm copy of a log of this voyage kept by a mate, John D. Dimond. This could well be the original of that copy. See Starbuck p. 602. Lund p. 458. On light blue lined paper, rebound in 3/4 cloth, original mottled paper boards and leather label, contents clean. This log is also somewhat unusual in its completeness and excellent physical condition. $7500 See Illustration |
| 42.. | Manuscript. MARINE ENGINEERING. B. STEPHENSON. 1880-1899. 4to. 184 pp. manuscript entries and drawings. An unusual unpublished technical collection of enormous details on dimensions of engines, propulsion and machinery of twin screw steamers, liners and British naval vessels, with interleaved insertions of drawings, blue prints and tables. Includes lists of costs, results of trials, facts on a Brazilian armour clad turret and torpedo boat destroyers. A personal collection from the library of a construction engineer of a major British shipbuilding firm. In a ledger book of 1/4 leather over cloth with a brass clasp. $850 See Illustration |
| 43. | Manuscript. REVOLUTIONARY WAR BOND FOR LETTER OF MARQUE SCHOONER YOUNG CROMWELL, BENJAMIN WILLARD, MASTER. 1779. Printed folio sheet accomplished in manuscript. This document, signed by the owners and captain of the Young Cromwell insures compliance with the terms and regulations set out in the Letter of Marque... Cromwell and his men “shall not exceed or transgress the Powers and Authorities which shall be contained in the said Commission, but shall in all Things observe and conduct himself, and govern his Crew, by and according to the same.” The document also names three owners and specifies the schooner’s armament - 10 guns, and crew - 45 men. It is dated October 5th, 1779. The bond is for $5000. The Young Cromwell had a successful career as a Privateer - she captured at least one vessel in Long Island Sound - until she herself was captured, in December, 1781. Seventeen of her crew died of fever on a New York prison ship. See Stein, American Maritime Documents and Middlebrook “Maritime Connecticut” vol II. A few short tears at folds. Some of the writing is faint but legible. A rare document in very presentable condition. $1000 |
| 44.. | Manuscript. SIX LETTERS FROM MARINER JOHN WALTON, AT SEA, TO HIS WIFE CATHERINE IN NEWBURYPORT, MA. 1800-1811. 13 pp. manuscript. The first letter is undated, from “this torment of a place,” Teneriffe, where they are blockaded in by the French fleet. It appears to be during the Quasi War. He reports that the French “have taken several American vessels on their passage from the West Indies” and seized goods on others in the company of English convoys. In the next letter, from about the same time, he apologizes for being gone so long, pledges his undying love, and inquires about domestic matters. Three more letters from 1811 keep his wife up to date as to his business and whereabouts, and seek to allay her fears. “For you are the only woman on the earth that I have any regard for... I have worshipped you this many years.” Then in 1813 he writes as a prisoner of war on the “Nassau prison ship” at Chatham. “I am in prison but I am not much in want... we was taken on the first day of August and carried into the Orkney Islands... I was very sick of the feavour when we arrived at Chatham I met with Brother Mason but I did not know him I was so near dead.” Mason saved his life. Now he hopes to be home by the end of summer. A very moving and informative series of letters. Unfortunately they are in poor condition - soiled, tanned and torn - but still legible. The lot $400 See Illustration |
| 45. | McGinley, Rev. Wm. A. RECEPTION OF LIEUT. A.W. GREELY, U.S.A. AND HIS COMRADES, AND THE ARCTIC RELIEF EXPEDITION, AT PORTSMOUTH, N.H. ON AUGUST 1 AND 4, 1884. Wash. 1884. 58 pp. This is an account of the official reception in honor of Greely. Some obscure facts pertaining to the expedition are recounted here. Not in Arctic Bib. Original gray wrappers bound into 1/4 calf over marbled boards. VG $150 |
| 46.. | Miles, E. AN EPITOME, HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL, DESCRIPTIVE OF THE ROYAL NAVAL SERVICE OF ENGLAND... Lon. 1841. Color plates and ills. xii, 184 pp. An informative work on the Royal Navy of the mid-19th century, depicting each of the vessel types then in service. It features 8 colored engravings of ships and 14 colored illustrations of flags. Following the text are 14 pages of ads for products by the publisher, Ackerman & Co. These include marine prints, water colors, tints, papers and related art supplies. Plates, text and flag illustrations are clean. This is the rare first edition of the book, which is most often found in the 1844 printing. Bound in red morocco over original cloth boards. $1250 See Illustration |
| 47. | Mitchell, Heaton, & Mitchell (publishers). THE SEAMAN’S MEDICAL GUIDE IN PRESERVING THE HEALTH OF A SHIP’S CREW... PLAIN DIRECTIONS FOR THE USE OF MEDICINES... TREATMENT OF FRACTURES AND DISLOCATIONS... RESTORING SUSPENDED ANIMATION FROM DROWNING... ADMIRALTY SCALE OF MEDICINES UNDER THE ACT 7&8 VICT. CAP. 112. Liverpool. 1846. b/w ills. in text. 12mo. xxiv-136 pp. This is an early - 4th - edition of a text that accompanied medicine chests around the world in the mid-19th century. In the Preface the anonymous authors say that their intent is to “supply such information as will rneder the Medicine Chest really useful.” The books indexes “medicines, utensils, &c contained in the chest,” describes each medicine and how to administer, then considers individual maladies, with recommendations for treatment - including such matters as broken bones, dislocations, and “the best methods of restoring suspended animation from drowning.” Scarce, with no copies of this edition listed in Worldcat. Worn, tanned and stained. This copy has seen real use. However the binding is intact and the pages are legible. $200 |
| 48.. | Molloy, Charles. DE JURE MARITIMO ET NAVALI. Lon. 1677. b/w engraved frontispiece. (18) 452 p., 20 pp. Or, A Treatise of Affairs Maritime and of Commerce. In Three Books. Book I deals with rights and laws of maritime nations with letters of marque, privateers, piracy, ships-of-war, etc. Book II deals with mercantile laws regarding ship ownership, masters, seamen, cargo, shipwreck, pilotage etc. Book III relates to those travelling by sea among nations. An important source for maritime law. Second ed. Handsomely rebound in full paneled calf. $700 See Illustration |
| 49. | Molloy, Charles. 2 DE JURE MARITIMO ET NAVALI. Lon. 1682. b/w engraved frontispiece. (29), 433, (12) pp. Third edition. Light marginal waterstaining. Bound in original full calf showing light wear. $600 |
| 50. | Monson, Sir William. SIR WILLIAM MONSON'S NAVAL TRACTS: IN SIX BOOKS. Lon. (1752) b/w frontis in Vol. III. Folio, pp. 149-560. “Containing... A yearly account of the English and Spanish fleets...Actions of the English under King James the First... the office of the Lord High Admiral of England... Discoveries and Enterprizes of the Spaniards and Portugueses... Divers projects and stratagems... Treats of fishing... with many things concerning fish, fishing and matters of that nature...” In addition, according to the NMM Catalog “Includes accounts of the Drake-Norris Portugal expedition (1589); The Earl of Cumberland's privateering expeditions (1586-1598); the capture of the Madre de Dios (1592); Drake and Hawkins’ last voyage (1595-1596); the operations of Sir Richard Leveson and Monson (1600-1602); and a list of privateers and their prizes”—NMM Catalog Vol V, #349. Monson was a successful captain in the war with Spain, and later, Admiral of the Narrow Seas. Extracted from Churchill’s Voyages, this is an important work of naval history which also contains valuable and early information on European fisheries, including whaling. It was later reprinted by the Naval Records Society. Bound in 1/2 leather over boards with spine labels. $950 |
| 51. | Neuman, Henry. A MARINE POCKET-DICTIONARY. Lon. 1800. 12mo. viii, unpaginated, about 250 pp. Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and German - English, “With ingenious number system to find any word.” Craig p. 24 citing 1799 1st ed. This is the second edition. Bound in modern quarter calf over marbled boards, spine label and gilt rules. $250 |
| 52.. | Pascall Atkey & Son, Ltd. YACHT EQUIPMENT, FITTINGS AND CHANDLERY. Cowes. n.d. b/w ills. 321 (1) pp. Well illustrated marine supply catalog from the Isle of Wight. I am guessing this dates from the 1930s and that wartime conditions resulted in the “All prices cancelled” notices pasted to the front cover. Wraps, VG $100 See Illustration |
| 53. | Periodical. COMPLETE RUN OF ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY PROCEEDINGS, SUPPLEMENTARY PAPERS, AND GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNALS. 1855-1988. Proceedings First Series -- vols. 1-22 + index. About half in tan cloth with lozenge of Atheneum Club. The other half bound in tan cloth to match, but with no lozenge (these are ex-lib but with only a small oval stamp on title page.) All have black and gold spine labels. VG-Fine. Proceedings...New Series -- vols. 1-14 + index. New Series vols. 1 and 2 in half green morocco stamped “Reform Club” at base of spine. Vols. 3 - 8 in RGS green cloth. Vols. 9 - 14 in slightly different RGS green cloth, the binding style having changed slightly in this time. Supplementary Papers (1882-1890) -- vols. 1-4. Supplements bound in bright blue RGS blue cloth. Fine condition. The Geographical Journal. -- vols. 1-145 in 137 vols (vols. 101-116 bound 2 vols. to a volume) + 7 vols. of indexes. Vols. 1-47 bound in RGS blue cloth. Vols. 48-94 in pebbled cloth, brick colored. Library stamp on front endpaper or pastedown. No other library markings. Vols. 95-145 (1979) bound in red buckram. Loose issues 1980-1988 are in wrappers as issued. All Journals in this run are in Good-VG condition. TOTAL: 177 volumes + indexes. Also are 36 loose issues, not counted in above, some for the years immediately after vol. 145. Flaws are as follows: 1881, large tear on map, no loss p. 576 1886, p. 216 Afghan map torn in half on crease 1890, p. 23 index map lacking 1891, Isothermal Plate V missing p. 196 1907, p. 468 lacks bathymetric plates I and II 1917, map torn in half on crease 1922 lacks map p. 400 1926, lacks map p. 97 In all, this is a near perfect run of this rare periodical - a veritable wall of rare travel journals. Here is a brief history of the Society as given on their website: “The early history of the Society enshrines such famous names as Livingstone, Stanley, Scott, Shackleton, Hunt and Hillary – and is, in fact, the history of British Geography, exploration and discovery. Information, maps, charts and knowledge gathered on expeditions was sent to the RGS. The Society was also pivotal in establishing Geography as a teaching and research discipline in British universities, and funded the first Geography positions in the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. The Society published its first journal in 1832 and from 1855, accounts of meetings and other matters were published in the Society Proceedings. In 1892, this was replaced by the Geographical Journal which is still published today” “The Geographical Society of London was founded in 1830 as an institution to promote the advancement of geographical science. Like many learned societies, it had started as a dining club in London, where select members held informal dinner debates on current scientific issues and ideas. Under the patronage of King William IV, it later became known as the Royal Geographical Society and was granted its Royal Charter under Queen Victoria in 1859. From 1830 - 1840 the RGS met in the rooms of the Horticultural Society in Regent Street, London and from 1854 -1870 at 15 Whitehall Place, London. In 1870, the Society finally found a home when it moved to 1 Saville Row, London – an address that quickly became associated with adventure and travel.” “A new impetus was given to the Society’s affairs in 1911, with the election of Earl Curzon, the former Viceroy of India, as the Society’s President (1911-1914). The premises in Saville Row were sold and the present site, Lowther Lodge in Kensington Gore, was purchased and opened for use in April 1913. In the same year the Society’s ban on women was lifted.” $20000 |
| 54. | Photo. VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT OF THE THOMAS W. LAWSON. Extraordinary large scale photograph of the Lawson, the only seven masted schooner ever built. This is a starboard side view of the schooner taken from shore, as she was coaling at the Chesapeake & Ohio pier, Newport News, VA, sometime prior to 1903, when she was removed from the coal trade. In this photo she still has her topmasts. Eight coal cars and ten workers are visible on the pier, and a man in a hat is standing by the cabin, aft, supervising the operation. Another freighter steams away in the background. In 1907 the Lawson was stranded in a storm off the Scilly Isles. Only two of her crew survived. The print measures 20 x 14 inches, has a lightly tanned strip at the very top, but is otherwise in Fine condition, mounted on cardboard. Rare! And your opportunity to practice naming the seven masts - jigger, driver spanker, or Thursday, Friday, Saturday? $750 |
| 55. | Photograph. NAVAL TRAINING BRIG HMS SEAFLOWER. N. L. STEBBINS. 1886. Fine broadside view of the ship in calm water. Stebbens’ blind stamp in lower right, “1022 “Sea Flower” neatly printed on the negative in lower left. Image measures 9 1/4 x 7 1/2. Mountyed on stiff card. On back is handwritten “HMS Sea Flower Plymouth, England 1866. War Training Brig - fine example of Type!” Print is in excllent condition. $125 |
| 56. | Photographs ARCHIVE OF MERRIT & CHAPMAN CO. Nearly 6000 photographs of shipwrecks and salvage operations up and down the east coast - including salvaging the Maine in Cuba (Merrit & Chapman were retained as salvors by the Navy during the Spanish American War) - from the archives of Merrit & Chapman, a major New York marine salvage firm, taken from the 1870s to the 1920s, and mounted in ten large folio albums. Most of the photos are in the 3x4 - 5x7 range, with some larger. Almost all are identified and dated. In addition, many of the albums are indexed. Some of the photos are chipped or torn from hard use over the years, but most are in surprisingly good condition. The range of subject matter and wealth of detail are incredible. Some of the vessels and possibly some of the images appeared in Paul Morris’s SHIPWRECKS IN NEW YORK WATERS. Merritt & Chapman Albums. (5,853 photographs) 1. “1-A” on cover. 174 images. 1891-1895. Cyanotypes and bromide prints of marine salvage, diving, and marine construction. Includes sailing ships, side-wheelers, and New York City waterfront scenes. 2. “2”on cover. 235 images. 1895-1896. Marine salvage including many sailing ship and steamboat photos. 3. “A”on cover. 218images. 1897-1901. Most 4 1/2 X 61/2 with a few smaller. Many interesting sailing ship and steamboat images. Pages 14-36 document the salvage of U.S.S. Maine in Havana. 4. “4” on cover. 567 images. 1899-1901. Mostly salvage. 5. “5” on cover. 766 images. 1903-1906. Salvage and general waterfront images. Few yacht racing photos. 6. No cover. “Gen Electric” barge on first page. 107 images. Circa 1910. Salvage and marine construction. Most of album is blank. Several torn photos. 7. “10” on cover. 1,418 images. 1912-1917. Salvage and marine construction. 8. No cover. “S.S. Manchuria” on first page. 1,184 images. 1918-1921. Marine salvage and construction. 9. No cover. “Index boats” on first page. 750 images. 1922-1923. Ship salvage and general waterfront work. 10. Large Ledger (No. 7172 on inside cover). 434 images. 1875-1908. In different format than other Merritt & Chapman albums. It is more informal and includes newspaper clippings. Most images are of New London, New Haven, and Block Island, CT. Includes images of ship salvage, marine construction, and ship interiors. $25000 |
| 57. | Rawstorne, Captain James. A DESCRIPTIVE PLAN AND EXPLANATORY KEY TO THE VIEW OF THE SAILING OF THE BRITISH PORTION OF THE ALLIED EXPEDITION FROM BALJIK TO THE CRIMEA... Lon. 1859. Hand colored. fldg frontispiece and title page. 40 pp. “...on the morning of the 7th of September 1854... With the Names of the Ships of War and Transports composing the Expedition... a List of the Naval Officers... A List of the Regiments and Officers...” There is an inserted typed memo stating that this is one of two copies extant as of 1947, the other at Windsor Library. And it’s rare, all right. No holdings in Worldcat; none listed online. The colored frontispiece folds out to a two foot long panorama of the fleet plan with flags. Title page decoration also handcolored. Modern 1/4 cloth over marbled boards, with leather label. Embossing on title page of the Royal United Service Institution. $1250 |
| 58.. | Roads, Samuel Jr. THE HISTORY AND TRADITIONS OF MARBLEHEAD. Marblehead. 1897. b/w plates, and color flag plate. xxiv, 595 pp. The standard town history, covering Marblehead’s role in the Revolutionary and Civil wars, growth of fishery and yachting, etc. Third edition, with new chapters. Haskell “Mass. Bib.” 9245. This is #116in a Deluxe Edition of 140 copies, recently bound in leather over marbled boards with gold lettering. Lacks frontispiece portrait, otherwise a handsome copy in excellent condition. Obviously, this edition is scarce. $350 See Illustration |
| 59. | Schaefer, Rudolph J. J.E. BUTTERSWORTH. 19TH-CENTURY MARINE PAINTER. 1975. b/w and color plates. xxvi, 276 pp. The first and still major work on this important marine artist. Well illustrated, and with a complete list of all signed or attributed works. Almost impossible to find these days, and much in demand. VG-Fine in dj. $400 |
| 60.. | Schokker, H.W. HANDBOEK VOOR DE KENNIS VAN DEN SCHEEPS BOUW. Amsterdam. 1861. b/w engraving, plans.Color plate in atlas. 4to. 2 vols. 805 pp. “The Dutch Griffiths.” A handbook on shipbuilding based on the designs of John W. Griffiths. Includes scaled plans on the American clippers Manitowoc, Sylvia, Yacht America, Empire State, Herald of the Morning, Red Jacket and other clippers such as the Great Republic, Lightning and Sea Witch are described in detail in the text. Text in Dutch. 69 plans in atlas volume. Rebound in linen with leather labels, a tight, clean copy. Unusual. $1250 See Illustration |